The Assembly,
Recalling the terms of its Recommendation 8 of December, 1951, requesting that a Conference of Experts be convened within the framework of the Council of Europe for the purpose of preparing a Draft Treaty instituting a European Agricultural Authority on the basis of the principles contained in the Report of the Special Committee on Agriculture, and that the Consultative Assembly be kept regularly informed of the progress achieved ;
Noting the fact that the Committee of Ministers transmitted this Recommendation to the Member States before the meeting of the Preparatory Conference for the European Organisation of Agricultural Markets, held on the 25th March, 1952, at the instance of the French Government ;
Considering that there should be no relinquishing of the efforts to achieve co-ordination in the major economic sectors, and that most careful consideration should be given to all studies, research, recommendations and discussions in this field ;
1. Expresses its surprise at having been neither invited to take part in, nor kept regularly informed of, the proceedings of the above-mentioned Preparatory Conference, of which it was, after all, the original sponsor ;
2. Recommends to the Committee of Ministers that appropriate steps be taken to ensure that members of the Special Committee on Agriculture attend the European Conference on Agriculture, on behalf of the Consultative Assembly, as observers.